Seven Famous Former Teachers

You'll never guess which seven A-list celebrities were once school teachers.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Aug. 31, 2014 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 31, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Posted Aug. 31, 2014 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 31, 2014 at 11:26 PM

Who knew some of our favorite celebrities were once teachers? Check out this list of A-listers who once handed out the grades...

Sheryl Crow taught music at a Missouri elementary school before moving to L.A. to become a singer-songwriter.

Before becoming the 36th president of the United States, Lyndon Johnson coached debate at Sam Houston High School in Texas. Legend has it that Johnson vomited in a rest room when his team failed to win the state championship by a hair-thin margin.

KISS bass player Gene Simmons taught sixth grade in Harlem for less than a year.

Sting was known as "Mr. Summer" to his students at a Catholic girls school in England, where he taught English, music and soccer.

Stephen King taught English at a Maine public high school for two years before publishing Carrie, his first novel (about a prom gone gruesomely wrong).

Andy Griffith, who became famous as the plainspoken small-town sheriff of The Andy Griffith Show, taught music at a North Carolina high school.

Roberta Flack taught music and English in Farmville, N.C. before she sang Killing Me Softly.

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